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Low-income college students in Michigan can apply for food assistance
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and last updated 2021-03-11 13:33:38-05
(WXYZ) â Low-income college students enrolled in career and technical education programs in Michigan can apply for food assistance.
The Michigan Departments of Labor and Economic Opportunity and Health and Human Services are encouraging students to apply for food assistance benefits online at Michigan.gov/MIBridges.
LEO and MDHHS developed the initiative in 2020 to address rising food insecurity among students that has been made worse by COVID-19.
State officials say close to 16,000 low-income college students in Michigan who are enrolled in career and technical education programs are eligible to receive food assistance benefits through the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).